Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Siblings are not
friends. We do not choose them. We get them like unsolicited mail, and we're
stuck with them for a lifetime. We don't pick our siblings in
the schoolyard, at a teen party, or during a spin class at the gym. Though we rarely hear of young children
begging their parents not to have a
baby, stories abound of those who desperately want a little sister or brother.
Either way, some of us end up with a houseful of siblings while others with none at
all.

Siblings are not
friends. Yet if we're lucky, we're able to build friendships with our siblings in childhood,
adolescence, even adulthood. Friendships rich in a shared past and strong
enough to overcome the inevitable baggage most families seem to accumulate.
Friendships of binding love and honesty, mutual respect and admiration, shared interests
and activities.

Siblings are not
friends. But they can be. Please bring your siblings and friends to join me for
a special reading to celebrate National Siblings Day.